Planning a vacation is fun and daunting at the same time. Deciding where to say, how much will it cost, what to visit can be confusing with so many different options. Here are some basic tips for planning your Walt Disney World vacation that can help the fantasy begin without too much stress.
First Step: Deciding When To Go
Your first step in planning your dream vacation should start with deciding when to go. Maybe this is the easiest step. You know when you can take a vacation. It probably depends on your work schedule and most of all, your children's school vacations. If you can swing it, going when kids are at school is best. You'll miss the crowds. If your kids are small, what are they going to miss? If they're older, it might not be a great idea to pull them out of school, although they'd love it!
Second Step: Where to Stay
The basic choice here is whether to stay at a Disney World resort or at a hotel in the surrounding Orlando area. Generally those off-site hotels are going to be cheaper than even the Disney Value resorts. They often entice you with free meals for children. But what you have to consider here is the added time and cost of transportation to and from Disney World. Some of the off-site hotels offer shuttles. If you don't want to be bound by your hotel's shuttle schedule, you would have to rent a car and pay for parking.
Another consideration is how many in your group and how many rooms you will need. Some Disney World resorts will not accept more than four in a room. They are strict about room occupancy. Here's a tip: children under three do not count towards the room occupancy total.
Third Step: Buying your Tickets
Okay, so you've got when and where out of the way. Now you're ready to buy your tickets. This can actually be the most confusing part.
You don't need to or want to buy tickets at a day rate and then multiply that rate by the number of days you plan to spend at Disney World. The good news is that the daily ticket rate gets cheaper the longer you stay.
And you might want to consider whether you plan to visit only one park or several. You might even want to visit Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios on the same day. If that's what you have in mind, you might want to consider the Park Hopper Option.
But maybe you have even bigger dreams than that and you'd like to enjoy Disney's water parks too. Or you'd like to visit DisneyQuest, ESPN Sports Complex and Disney's Golf Course. Disney also offers you the option to do that with the Water Park Fun & More Option.
If you can't make up your mind, and would like to leave your schedule open and flexible for a while, it will cost you but it might be worth it. Disney offers a "no expiration" ticket option. With this plan your unused Theme Park days and Water Park Fun & More visits never expire. Your Magic Your Way Base Tickets, which would normally expire in fourteen days, also never expire. Kind of magical: A forever ticket. While the never-never-expire option isn't cheap, there is an advantage, though. You will buy it at today's prices and using them sometime in the future when ticket prices will most definitely have increased.
So the best thing to do is think about all your ticket options, your current and future plans, and your budget, and decide which ticket solution is right for you.
If that's just not possible, remember that you can always upgrade your ticket. If you decide you really, really want to park hop after all and your kids are threatening violence if they don't get to visit the Typhoon Lagoon, you can add on those options while you're at Disney World.
Vacation Packages
Disney offers a wide variety of vacation packages that can make everything simpler for you. Just visit the Disney site to learn more about Disney Magic Your Way Packages.
These packages offer a few amenities like a free photo pass and a Planet Hollywood restaurant certificate. However, Planet Hollywood constantly gets bad reviews and may not be worth it.
Among the most sought after packages is a dining package, which includes eating out at more than 100 Disney restaurants. Cool!
Travel Agents
Well, there are still a lot of choices to be made. There are so many things to do at Disney World and so many ways to do them. How to make a reservation at that special restaurant? Does that park have Extra Magic Hours? What are Extra Magic Hours?
Maybe it's better to have the advice of an experienced travel agent? Someone who can reliably handle everything?
People usually assume that using a travel agency costs more. But that's not true. Among other things, a savvy travel agent can help you find discounts and get you the best rates - and not only will they not charge you (they get paid by Disney), they will normally help you save money and make the best choices so you get the best deals.
Every year and during every season, Disney offers specials. Be sure to check with them or an authorized Disney travel agent to find those out. They can save you a bundle.
So start dreaming and soon those dreams will come true.
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